Labour asks Shettima to pay pensioners

Borno State Governor Kashim Shettima has been told by the Nigeria Labour Congress in the state to pay pensioners their entitlements before leaving office on May 29.

Speaking to reporters on Wednesday in Maiduguri, the NLC chairman in the state, Comrade Titus Abana, lamented that pensioners in the state were being owed N20bn in gratuities and pensions.

Abana said, “In spite of the release of a tranche of the Paris Club refund to the state, the state government has not paid the backlog of gratuity and pension being owed retirees.”

He added, “We met with the governor to push for these payments and he promised to pay the retirees before he leaves office.

“He said he would not want his successor to inherit any burden from his government.

“We are reminding him to also pay the promotion arrears and leave grants which have been pending for more than three years due to the biometric verification.”

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